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</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">1 Chronicles 6</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="float: left;">←&nbsp;<a href="1_Chronicles_5" title="1 Chronicles 5">chapter 5</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="1_Chronicles_7" title="1 Chronicles 7">chapter 7</a>&nbsp;→</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">The complete Hebrew text of the <a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a> (1 and 2 Chronicles) in the <a href="Leningrad_Codex" title="Leningrad Codex">Leningrad Codex</a> (1008 CE).</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Ketuvim" title="Ketuvim">Ketuvim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">13</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>1 Chronicles 6</b> is the sixth <a href="Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">chapter</a> of the <a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a> in the <a href="Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> or the First Book of Chronicles in the <a href="Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> of the <a href="Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This chapter focuses on the tribe of Levi, divided into the line of the high priests (verses 1–15); the three lines of the families Gershom, Kohath, and Merari (verses 16–30); the lines of the musicians/singers (verses 31–47); duties of Levites and priests (verses 48–49); list of high priests (verses 50–53) and the Aaronites' and Levites' settlements (verses 54–81).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It belongs to the section focusing on the list of genealogies from Adam to the lists of the people returning from exile in Babylon (<a href="1_Chronicles_1%3A1" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Chronicles 1:1">1 Chronicles 1:1</a> to 9:34).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2></div>
<p>This chapter was originally written in the <a href="Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew language</a>. It <a href="Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">is divided into</a> 81 verses in English Bibles, but only 66 verses in Hebrew Bible using a different <a href="#Verse_numbering">verse numbering</a> (see below).
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_numbering">Verse numbering</h3></div>
<p>There are some differences in verse numbering of this chapter in English Bibles and Hebrew texts as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td>6:1–15
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<p>This article generally follows the common numbering in Christian English Bible versions, with notes to the numbering in Hebrew Bible versions.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3></div>
<p>Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in <a href="Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew</a> are of the <a href="Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a> tradition, which includes the <a href="Aleppo_Codex" title="Aleppo Codex">Aleppo Codex</a> (10th century), and <a href="Leningrad_Codex" title="Leningrad Codex">Codex Leningradensis</a> (1008).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>There is also a translation into <a href="Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a> known as the <a href="Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a>, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include <a href="Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (<b>B</b>; <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}">
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Testament_references">Old Testament references</h3></div>
<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:1" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:1–4</a> (Hebrew: 5:27–30): <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:16" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:16, 18</a> (Hebrew: 6:1, 3); <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#46:11" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">Genesis 46:11</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Exodus#6:16" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Exodus">Exodus 6:16, 18, 20, 23, 25</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Numbers#3:17" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Numbers">Numbers 3:17, 19, 20</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:16" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:16–19</a> (Hebrew: 6:1–4): <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Exodus#6:16" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Exodus">Exodus 6:16–19</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Numbers#3:17" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Numbers">Numbers 3:17–20</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:22" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:22–23</a> (Hebrew: 6:7–8): <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:22" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:22</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Exodus#6:24" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Exodus">Exodus 6:24</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:24" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:24–28</a> (Hebrew: 6:9–13): <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:18" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:18–22</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:26" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:26–27</a> (Hebrew: 6:11–12): <a href="1_Samuel_1%3A1" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Samuel 1:1">1 Samuel 1:1</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:28" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:28</a> (Hebrew: 6:13): <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Samuel#8:2" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Samuel">1 Samuel 8:2</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:55" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:55–77</a> (Hebrew: 6:40–62): <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Joshua#21:11" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Joshua">Joshua 21:11–34</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:80" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:80–81</a> (Hebrew: 6:65–66): <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Joshua#21:36" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Joshua">Joshua 21:36–37</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Descendants_of_Levi_(6:1–30;_Hebrew:_5:27–6:15)"> Descendants of Levi (6:1–30; Hebrew: 5:27–6:15)</h2></div>
<p>The genealogy of priestly tribe of <a href="Levi" title="Levi">Levi</a>, apart from that of <a href="Judah_(son_of_Jacob)" title="Judah (son of Jacob)">Judah</a>, is longer than any of other tribes, showing the focus of the Chronicler on the temple and temple workers, preserved by <a href="David" title="David">David</a>'s line.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201234_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201234-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The list first names Levi and his three sons, apparently taken from Genesis 46:11 (also Exodus 6:16; Numbers 26:57).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201234_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201234-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, three generations of the Kohathites, continuing with only the branches leading to famous siblings: Moses, Aaron and Miriam, then to the Aaronite high priests.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201234_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201234-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miriam's name is this list, because of her significance in history, which has parallels in the Torah (cf. for instance Exodus 6:16–25).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Verses 4–15 contain twenty-two successors of Aaron from the time of his death to the Babylonian exile, but the abridged version of the same list in Ezra 7:1–7 only has 15 names instead of 22.<sup id="cite_ref-ellicott_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ellicott-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The list apparently serves as a legitimizing role, that the high priests in office during Chronicler's time could genealogically be traced back to Zadok and even further to Aaron, while omitting some names mentioned in other documents (such as Jehoiada, cf. 2 Chr 22:11–24:17).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Omissions could be attributed to the confusion of the same names within the priestly families, such as recurrences of Amariah, Azariah and Zadok, leading to copyist errors. For examples, three Azariahs are listed here but one from the reign of Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:20) and another from the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:10) are apparently overlooked.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201235_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201235-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the narrative of the histories in the book and the writings of Josephus who provides a longer list (Antiquities 10:152-153) help to reconstruct a fairly complete genealogy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201235_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201235-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two high-priests are given bits of narrative: Azariah son of Johanan "who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem" (verse 10) and Jehozadak son of Seraiah "who went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar" (vese 15), a witness to the destruction of Solomon's temple, therefore these two priests bracket the entire <a href="First_Temple_Period" class="mw-redirect" title="First Temple Period">First Temple Period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201235_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201235-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The high-priestly lineage here ends with Jehozadak, but Nehemiah 12:10-11 continues where the list leaves off, with Joshua son of Jehozadak (cf. Haggai 1:1; 2:2, 4) and his line down to Jaddua II (born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 420 BCE</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201235_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201235-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Verses 16–30 list the Levites' genealogy (cf. Numbers 3:17–35; cf. Exodus 6:16–25); verses 16–19 for the genealogy of Levi's sons (up to his grandchildren), whereas verses 20–30 contain the lines of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari, starting with their eldest sons and continuing vertically for seven generations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_1">Verse 1</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.</i><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<ul><li>Cross references: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#46:11" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">Genesis 46:11</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Exodus#6:16" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Exodus">Exodus 6:16</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Numbers#26:57" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Numbers">Numbers 26:57</a></li>
<li>"Gershon": or "Gershom" in verse 16<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_15">Verse 15</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.</i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>This is the most explicit mention of Judah's exile; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#9:1" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 9:1</a>; <a href="2_Chronicles_36" title="2 Chronicles 36">2 Chronicles 36</a> only mention the exile of Jerusalem.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temple_Musicians_(6:31–48;_Hebrew:_6:16–33)">Temple Musicians (6:31–48; Hebrew: 6:16–33)</h2></div>
<p>This section focus on the genealogy of the temple singers whose roles are explained extensively in 1 Chronicles 15–16. Until the construction of the temple, they performed their duty before the tent of meeting. There was no relevant law of Moses for these roles. David appointed them (verse 31) and from Solomon's time onwards they sang in the temple.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are entrusted with "service of song in the house of the Lord" (verse 31) after the ark is installed inside there.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201219_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEndres201219-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Three main singers are mentioned, representing three Levitical families, and familiar from the Psalms they contribute:
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<ul><li>Heman of Kohathites (verses 33–38), contributing <a href="Psalm_88" title="Psalm 88">Psalm 88</a></li>
<li>Asaph of Gershonites (verses 39–43), contributing <a href="Psalm_50" title="Psalm 50">Psalms 50</a>, <a href="Psalm_73" title="Psalm 73">73</a>–<a href="Psalm_83" title="Psalm 83">83</a></li>
<li>Ethan of Merarites (verses 44–48), contributing <a href="Psalm_89" title="Psalm 89">Psalm 89</a></li></ul>
<p>In addition, <a href="Psalm_42" title="Psalm 42">Psalms 42</a>, 44–49, 84, 85, 87 and 88 are associated with the Korahites, a subgroup of the Kohathites to which Heman belonged (cf. the title of <a href="Psalm_88" title="Psalm 88">Psalm 88</a>, Exodus 6:24; 2 Chronicles 20:19). Heman is significantly noted as the leader among the three "with his brothers, Asaph and Ethan, standing to his right and left" (cf. Numbers 4:1–4 for Kohathites' preeminence).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201236_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201236-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_48">Verse 48</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.</i><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>This depicts a "traditional view of priestly institution" that the Levites have responsibilities for everything related to the temple, except for three tasks assigned to priests descended from Aaron (verse 49).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEndres201220-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Descendants_of_Aaron_(6:49–53;_Hebrew:_6:34–38)">Descendants of Aaron (6:49–53; Hebrew: 6:34–38)</h2></div>

<p>This section lists only the Aaronid priests until Zadok and his son, Ahimaaz, in the time of David.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEndres201220-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_49">Verse 49</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>Three tasks are specifically assigned to the priests descended from Aaron:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEndres201220-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li>burnt offerings</li>
<li>incense offerings</li>
<li>all the work of the "holy of holies".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEndres201220-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Genetic_studies_on_descendants_of_Aaron">Genetic studies on descendants of Aaron</h3></div>
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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Y-chromosomal_Aaron" title="Y-chromosomal Aaron">Y-chromosomal Aaron</a></div>
<p>A present-day Jewish <a href="Priestly_caste" title="Priestly caste">priestly caste</a> known as <i><a href="Kohen" title="Kohen">Kohanim</a></i> (singular "Kohen", also spelled "Cohen") claims to be the direct descendants of <a href="Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a>. Genetic studies on the members of this group reveals that a majority of them share a pattern of values for six <a href="Y-STR" title="Y-STR">Y-STR</a> markers, which researchers named the <i>Cohen Modal Haplotype</i> (CMH).<sup id="cite_ref-Thomas1998_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thomas1998-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequent research using twelve Y-STR markers indicated that about half of contemporary Jewish Kohanim shared Y-chromosomal J1 M267, also called J1c3. <a href="Molecular_phylogenetics" title="Molecular phylogenetics">Molecular phylogenetics</a> research published in 2013, 2016, and 2020 for haplogroup J1 (J-M267) yield a hypothetical <a href="Most_recent_common_ancestor" title="Most recent common ancestor">most recent common ancestor</a> of the Kohanim, named <b>Y-chromosomal Aaron</b> with age estimate 2,638–3,280 years <a href="Before_Present" title="Before Present">Before Present</a> (yBP) within subhaplogroup Z18271.<sup id="cite_ref-Vmas_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vmas-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-J1Academia_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-J1Academia-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cherson_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cherson-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Following the findings, similar investigation was made of men who identify as <a href="Levite" title="Levite">Levites</a>, because <a href="Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a> is recorded in <a href="Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> as a descendant of <a href="Levi" title="Levi">Levi</a>, son of <a href="Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a>. The 2003 Behar et al. investigation of Levites found high frequencies of multiple distinct markers, suggestive of multiple origins for the majority of non-Aaronid Levite families, although one marker presents in more than 50% of <a href="Eastern_European" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern European">Eastern European</a> (<a href="Ashkenazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkenazi">Ashkenazi</a>) Jewish Levites, indicating a common male ancestor or very few male ancestors within the last 2000 years for many Levites of the Ashkenazi community.<sup id="cite_ref-Behar2004_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Behar2004-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequent publication by Rootsi, Behar, et al. in <i>Nature Communications</i> in December 2013 determined that among a set of 19 unique nucleotide substitutions defining the Ashkenazi R1a lineage, the M582 mutation is not found among Eastern Europeans, but the marker was present "in all sampled R1a Ashkenazi Levites, as well as in 33.8% of other R1a Ashkenazi Jewish males, and 5.9% of 303 R1a Near Eastern males, where it shows considerably higher diversity."<sup id="cite_ref-rootsi_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rootsi-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Therefore, Rootsi, Behar, et al., concluded that this marker most likely originates in the pre-Diasporic Hebrews in the Near East.<sup id="cite_ref-rootsi_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rootsi-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The <a href="Samaritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Samaritan">Samaritan</a> community in the Middle East maintained that the priests within the group, called "Samaritan Kohanim", also of the line of <a href="Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a>/<a href="Levi" title="Levi">Levi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Samaritans claim that the southern tribes of the <a href="House_of_Judah" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Judah">House of Judah</a> left the original worship as set forth by Joshua, and the schism took place in the twelfth century BC at the time of Eli.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2004 Y-Chromosome study concluded that the Samaritan Kohanim belong to haplogroup E-M35, indicating a different patrilineal family line than the Jewish Kohanim.<sup id="cite_ref-Shen_et_al_2004_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shen_et_al_2004-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dwelling_Places_of_the_Levites_(6:54–81;_Hebrew:_6:39–66)">Dwelling Places of the Levites (6:54–81; Hebrew: 6:39–66)</h2></div>
<p>This section contains the list of living and grazing areas for the Levites, corresponding to that in Joshua 21:9–42, with some differences in the arrangement of its elements. The purpose is to show the areas where Levites actually settled among those designated in Joshua 21.
<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tribe of Levi was not given allotment of land because they are dedicated to God (Joshua 14:4), so the Chronicler clearly lists the cities where they were to settle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEndres201220-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="Chronology_of_the_Bible" title="Chronology of the Bible">Chronology of the Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="High_Priest_of_Israel" title="High Priest of Israel">High Priest of Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="Levite" title="Levite">Levite</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_High_Priests_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Priests of Israel">List of High Priests of Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="Seder_Olam_Zutta" title="Seder Olam Zutta">Seder Olam Zutta</a></li></ul></div>
<li>Related Bible parts: <a href="Genesis_46" class="mw-redirect" title="Genesis 46">Genesis 46</a>, <a href="Exodus_6" class="mw-redirect" title="Exodus 6">Exodus 6</a>, <a href="Number_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Number 3">Number 3</a>, <a href="Numbers_26" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbers 26">Numbers 26</a>, <a href="Joshua_21" title="Joshua 21">Joshua 21</a>, <a href="Judges_2" title="Judges 2">Judges 2</a>, <a href="Judges_12" title="Judges 12">Judges 12</a>, <a href="2_Kings_15" title="2 Kings 15">2 Kings 15</a>, <a href="2_Kings_16" title="2 Kings 16">2 Kings 16</a>, <a href="2_Kings_17" title="2 Kings 17">2 Kings 17</a>, <a href="2_Kings_18" title="2 Kings 18">2 Kings 18</a>, <a href="2_Chronicles_28" title="2 Chronicles 28">2 Chronicles 28</a></li>
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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The extant <a href="Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> only contains 1 Chronicles 9:27–19:17.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAckroyd1993">Ackroyd 1993</a>, p.&nbsp;113.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMathys2007">Mathys 2007</a>, p.&nbsp;268.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAckroyd1993">Ackroyd 1993</a>, pp.&nbsp;113–114.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007271_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMathys2007">Mathys 2007</a>, p.&nbsp;271.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note on 1 Chronicles 6:1 in <a href="New_Living_Translation" title="New Living Translation">NLT</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFSwete1902" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Henry_Barclay_Swete" title="Henry Barclay Swete">Swete, Henry Barclay</a> (1902). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/anintrotooldtes00swetuoft#page/128/mode/2up"><i>An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek</i></a>. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. pp.&nbsp;<span class="nowrap">129–</span>130.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span>&nbsp;This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>:&nbsp;<cite id="CITEREFHerbermann1913" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Codex_Sinaiticus" class="extiw external" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a>". <i><a href="Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert1897280_12-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGilbert1897">Gilbert 1897</a>, p.&nbsp;280.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201234-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201234_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201234_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201234_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTuell2012">Tuell 2012</a>, p.&nbsp;34.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-ellicott-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ellicott_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Charles_Ellicott" title="Charles Ellicott">Ellicott, C. J.</a> (Ed.) (1905). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/6.htm"><i>Ellicott's Bible Commentary for English Readers</i>. 1 Chronicles 6.</a> London&nbsp;: Cassell and Company, Limited, [1905-1906] Online version: (OCoLC) 929526708. Accessed 28 April 2019.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201235-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201235_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201235_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201235_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201235_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTuell2012">Tuell 2012</a>, p.&nbsp;35.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:1" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:1</a> <a href="King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a> or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a05.htm#27">1 Chronicles 5:27</a> in Hebrew</span>
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<li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note on 1 Chronicles 6:1 in <a href="New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">NKJV</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:15" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:15</a> KJV or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a05.htm#41">1 Chronicles 5:41</a> in Hebrew</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEEndres201219-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201219_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEndres2012">Endres 2012</a>, p.&nbsp;19.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETuell201236-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETuell201236_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTuell2012">Tuell 2012</a>, p.&nbsp;36.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.esv.org/1+Chronicles+6:48">1 Chronicles 6:48</a> <a href="English_Standard_Version" title="English Standard Version">ESV</a> or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a06.htm#33">1 Chronicles 6:33</a> in Hebrew</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEEndres201220-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEndres201220_22-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEndres2012">Endres 2012</a>, p.&nbsp;20.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles#6:49" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles 6:49</a> KJV or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a06.htm#34">1 Chronicles 6:34</a> in Hebrew</span>
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<ul><li><a href="Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> translations:
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16526">Divrei Hayamim I - I Chronicles - Chapter 6 (Judaica Press)</a> translation [with <a href="Rashi" title="Rashi">Rashi</a>'s commentary] at Chabad.org</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> translations:
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gospelhall.org/bible/bible.php?passage=1+Chronicles+6"><i>Online Bible</i> at GospelHall.org</a> (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=13&amp;chapter=6&amp;version=9">First Book of Chronicles Chapter 6. Bible Gateway</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="1_Chronicles_1" title="1 Chronicles 1">1 Chronicles 1</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_2" title="1 Chronicles 2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_3" title="1 Chronicles 3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_4" title="1 Chronicles 4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_5" title="1 Chronicles 5">5</a></li>

<li><a href="1_Chronicles_7" title="1 Chronicles 7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_8" title="1 Chronicles 8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_9" title="1 Chronicles 9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_10" title="1 Chronicles 10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_11" title="1 Chronicles 11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_12" title="1 Chronicles 12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_13" title="1 Chronicles 13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_14" title="1 Chronicles 14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_15" title="1 Chronicles 15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_16" title="1 Chronicles 16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_17" title="1 Chronicles 17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_18" title="1 Chronicles 18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_19" title="1 Chronicles 19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_20" title="1 Chronicles 20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_21" title="1 Chronicles 21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_22" title="1 Chronicles 22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_23" title="1 Chronicles 23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_24" title="1 Chronicles 24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_25" title="1 Chronicles 25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_26" title="1 Chronicles 26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_27" title="1 Chronicles 27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_28" title="1 Chronicles 28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_29" title="1 Chronicles 29">29</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ammon" title="Ammon">Ammon</a></li>
<li><a href="Aram_(region)" title="Aram (region)">Aram</a></li>
<li><a href="Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a></li>
<li><a href="Bethel" title="Bethel">Bethel</a></li>
<li><a href="City_of_David_(historic)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of David (historic)">City of David</a></li>
<li><a href="Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a></li>
<li><a href="Edom" title="Edom">Edom</a></li>
<li><a href="Ekron" title="Ekron">Ekron</a></li>
<li><a href="Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li>
<li><a href="Jezreel_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jezreel (city)">Jezreel</a></li>
<li><a href="Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li>
<li><a href="Lachish" class="mw-redirect" title="Lachish">Lachish</a></li>
<li><a href="Moab" title="Moab">Moab</a></li>
<li><a href="Tel_Megiddo" title="Tel Megiddo">Megiddo</a></li>
<li><a href="Ramoth-Gilead" title="Ramoth-Gilead">Ramoth-Gilead</a></li>
<li><a href="Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li>
<li><a href="Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Sea of the Arabah</a></li>
<li><a href="Ziklag" title="Ziklag">Ziklag</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a> (<a href="List_of_High_Priests_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Priests of Israel">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> (<a href="Abraham's_family_tree" title="Abraham's family tree">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a> (<a href="Generations_of_Adam" title="Generations of Adam">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="David" title="David">David</a> (<a href="Davidic_line" title="Davidic line">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Jesse_(biblical_figure)" title="Jesse (biblical figure)">Jesse</a> (<a href="Tree_of_Jesse" title="Tree of Jesse">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a> (<a href="Generations_of_Noah" title="Generations of Noah">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Saul" title="Saul">Saul</a> (<a href="House_of_Saul" title="House of Saul">genealogy</a>)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="David's_Mighty_Warriors" title="David's Mighty Warriors">David's Mighty Warriors</a></li>
<li><a href="High_Priests_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="High Priests of Israel">High Priests of Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="Kings_of_Israel_and_Judah" title="Kings of Israel and Judah">Kings of Israel and Judah</a></li>
<li><a href="Levite" title="Levite">Levites</a></li>
<li><a href="Priestly_divisions" title="Priestly divisions">Priestly divisions</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prominent people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Abiathar" title="Abiathar">Abiathar</a></li>
<li><a href="Abishai_(biblical_figure)" title="Abishai (biblical figure)">Abishai</a></li>
<li><a href="Asaph_(biblical_figure)" title="Asaph (biblical figure)">Asaph</a></li>
<li><a href="Heman_the_Ezrahite" title="Heman the Ezrahite">Heman</a></li>
<li><a href="Jeduthun" title="Jeduthun">Jeduthun</a></li>
<li><a href="Joab" title="Joab">Joab</a></li>
<li><a href="Obed-Edom" title="Obed-Edom">Obed-Edom</a></li>
<li><a href="Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a></li>
<li><a href="Uzzah" title="Uzzah">Uzza</a></li>
<li><a href="Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prophets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Gad_(prophet)" title="Gad (prophet)">Gad</a></li>
<li><a href="Nathan_(prophet)" title="Nathan (prophet)">Nathan</a></li>
<li><a href="Samuel" title="Samuel">Samuel</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rulers outside Israel/Judah</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Hanun" title="Hanun">Hanun</a></li>
<li><a href="Hiram_I" title="Hiram I">Hiram</a></li>
<li><a href="Nahash_of_Ammon" title="Nahash of Ammon">Nahash</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Ark_of_the_Covenant" title="Ark of the Covenant">Ark of the Covenant</a></li>
<li><a href="Solomon's_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a></li>
<li><a href="Tabernacle" title="Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Authorship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="The_Chronicler" title="The Chronicler">The Chronicler</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/he:%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%90_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:he:דברי הימים א ניקוד">Hebrew Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%91%27" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:el:Παραλειπομένων Α'">Septuagint</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/1 Chronicles">Wycliffe Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">King James Version</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/1 Chronicles">American Standard Version</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/1 Chronicles">World English Version</a></li></ul>
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